Mustache rides in Westport today
Not sure if they’re free, though. Categories: News Tags: mustache rides, westport
Archives: April 2011
Chef Jasper J. Mirabile Jr. talks about the family business
Frank Sinatra’s voice floats slowly and softly out of the speakers inside the office at Jasper’s Restaurant every night at 5 p.m. He is singing “My Way,” the same song that played at founder Jasper Mirabile’s funeral in 1998, the father of current chef and co-owner Jasper J. Mirabile Jr. “It’s been that way every night since opening night,” Mirabile…
Roxanne Janel Jones officially charged with fraud for swindling people in fake pregnancy scam
Professional bad person Roxanne Janel Jones, 34, has been officially charged with 11 counts of wire fraud and one count of identity theft for allegedly swindling childless couples with the hope that she could provide them a baby. Jones allegedly conned several couples by pretending she was a single mom just looking for a good family to raise her baby….
What’s Poppin’ Off: Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS), David Bazan, Fleet Foxes, more
Are you an art bitch? Please don’t take offense. It’s a title to a Cansei de Ser Sexy song. If you wear your art bitchiness with pride, you’re not alone — the members of CSS are art bitches, too! On June 6, you can dance with other artists and sweaty, electro-disco lovers when the Brazilian musicians grind and jump at…
Hospital Ships scores “Worst Album of the Month” from Vice
Vice Magazine has largely faded into the muddy backwash of the last decade’s more obnoxious bouts of hipsterdom; but they’re still unleashing Do’s and Don’ts on unsuspecting members of the population as we speak. Among them: Lawrence’s Hospital Ships. The magazine recently named Lonely Twin, Hospital Ships’ new record out on June 7, the “worst album of the month.” Here’s…
Wow, Missouri lieutenant governor is sure a stupid job
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is sorry/not sorry for billing taxpayers for hotel stays that he made while attending tea party events, ballgames and society wingdings. Kinder says he did nothing wrong but he has promised to reimburse the state treasury out of his campaign fund. Kinder’s man-about-Missouri routine has opened up questions about his judgment. One of his campaign…
Kansas City’s Golden Sound Records announces Record Store Day deals
It’s been a busy month for Kansas City’s indie label Golden Sound Records. It has launched its own label boutique — inside Mildred’s Coffeehouse at 19th Street and Wyandotte in the Crossroads District — where you can buy physical copies of its releases, plus band merch. And now Golden Sound Records is also hopping on the Record Store Day bandwagon…
Holy shit, Rockfest has sold 40,000 tickets
Here’s your mind-blowing factoid for the day: As the Rockfest countdown clock hits the one-month mark, we’ve just crossed over 40,000 tickets sold! With a month left until the show and only 15,000 tickets left, we’re heading toward our sixth consecutive sell-out! God damn. That’s a lot of people who love rawk. Considering the gigantic, mind-boggling throngs of humanity that…
Julian’s Celina Tio still in the running on Top Chef Masters
Top Chef Masters gets off to a somber start as host Curtis Stone informs the cheftestants that chef John Rivera Sedlar had to drop out of the competition because of an emergency. But the mood is immediately lifted when — surprise — previously eliminated Hugh Acheson returns to the kitchen. He dryly pledges that he has brought a smaller salt…
God made Peggy Ross stab her 8-year-old (allegedly)
Police responded to a 911 call at 8231 Oak on Tuesday to find “TR,” an 8-year-old boy, suffering from stab wounds on his hands and wrists. TR’s grandmother told police that she was in bed with the boy, and woke to see his mother, Peggy A. Ross, stabbing the boy with a knife. When the grandmother grabbed Ross and told…
Watch Atlantic Fadeout’s home movies from SXSW
Here’s what Atlantic Fadeout did on its spring vacation: “12 hours to get down there … five days of hot sun and dust-filled fun and work (let’s all give it up for Chris who ran sound for four days, over 12 hours a day, mixing over 60 bands, and finding the jesus amps when the others blew) … then the…
The SlobStopper ensures our transition back to infancy will be a clean one
Pride will clearly take a backseat on this one. The SlobStopper is the latest Internet commercial craze that you’ll hear about if you haven’t already. It’s two pieces of polyurethane stitched together (for just $14.95, plus shipping and handling), “absorbent on one side and waterproof on the other.” It’s available in blue, green or black. It’s also an adult bib….
CDC advises Bannister workers to eat fruits and veggies to avoid cancer
I don’t know about you guys, but I am so glad that the federal government is here to look after the health and well-being of workers at the much-maligned (but not malignant!) Bannister Federal Complex. Although traces of depleted uranium and beryllium have been found on both sides of the complex — not only where workers machine it for the…
Pizza Power: the flier art
Yesterday, we told you about Pizza Power and all the nifty DIY shows the venue throws. (After a bout of touring, Bobby Sauder and his fellow psych-poppers in Karma Vision decided to rent a house in Lawrence that’s only a stone’s throw from the Replay Lounge, to host pizza parties and shows.) Today, we show you their creative flier art….
Help us solve the mystery of the toddler drinking the Margarita
By now you’ve probably heard the infamous story of the family in Madison Heights, Michigan, who were dining in an Applebee’s restaurant and ordered apple juice for their 15-month-old son. He was “accidentally” served a Margarita instead. The child became legally drunk, according to most news reports, and lay his tiny head on the table. I mean, huh? Even worse:…
The Fresh and Onlys play an awesome — but short — set after a long night at the Jackpot
Waiting is difficult. We wait for traffic to thin, coffee to brew and shows to start. The latter is one of the more difficult waits we endure because we’re never sure what we’ll get. Will the show stink like a basket of rotten Easter eggs, or will it blow minds and create fans? Last night, the Fresh and Onlys put…
Five suggestions for Kansas City Royals-themed sandwiches
Restaurants in Kansas City are missing real opportunities to lionize our sports heroes via meat and cheese homages. Anybody can have a statue built, but you know you’ve made it when your name graces a sandwich. A perfect example is the Carnegie Deli’s decision to roll out the Carmelo Anthony sandwich in New York City, shortly after the New York…
Justin Townes Earle folks it up at the Bottleneck tonight
Justin Townes Earle has a lot to live up to, at least on paper. His father is cult folk and country icon Steve Earle, and he’s named after Townes Van Zandt. Luckily, the man has got songs: colorful Americana numbers that explore a different side of the country-rock divide than his father’s did. Categories: Music Tags: Justin Townes Earle
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